Have strength and courage, ye men of Baker. Lift your weary heads anew. For, come a few short weeks lapse of time, and you shall no longer lose two hours precious slumber standing guard. Hell no. You'll lose seven and a half.
Nonetheless, it shall be done as officers in officers' garb. You shall go without sleep, yes, but as gentlemen. No more, either, shall other shipmates be awakened while you grope for galoshes (1 pr.), havy underwear (2 pr.), and other innumerable garments. From now on, come security watches, and only your wife shall be awakened. A slight reversal of the usual procedure of waking her when you come in. Life is like that in war-time.
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The greatest loss that Stoughtonites incurred in moving to Weld seems to be the luxury of an on-the-spot coke dispenser. Now the poor lads have to walk all the way across the Yard to Hollis--a distance that certain experts claim is practically the same as the span between Weld and McBride's. and much less interesting.
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Let us blend ancient adages with some of the more outstanding Baker boys: First come, first served: Hugnenor... A hitch in time saves nine: Glassow... There's NO place like home: Lawango... The early bird is a damnphool: Hartley... A rose is a rose is a rose: Fitzsimmons... Now heah this: Robertson ... In the spring I have a fancy: Harris ... But, sir, -I don't smoke: Ide.
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The use of semaphore between the tennis courts and nearby apartment windows is, we are reminded hereby forbidden. Hoisting Baker is enough.
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Dates for Boston to remember: the Boston Tea Party, the Battle of Bunker Hill, the Regimental Hall of 1-43.
